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First published by the U. of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. Aschkenasy (Judaic and Middle Eastern studies, U. of Conn., Stamford) traces the migration of several female images and feminine situations from their early appearances in Biblical writings to their incarnations in modern Hebraic literature. The author's sources range from Biblical narratives to Midrashic sources, documents of the Jewish mystics, Hasidic tales, and modern Hebrew works. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

In analytical retellings of biblical tales about women, Nehama Aschkenasy seeks to demonstrate how recurring situations, dilemmas and modes of conduct represent the politics of women's realities in premodern civilization. She draws on literary critique and behavioural and social theories.